Mission To Enter & Escape Collapsing Mine Tunnels 

ignorant with caution. don't recommend it though. ps. don't be hard on matt - we talked about it, he will be more aware next time.

Getting an oxygen monitor to wear on explorations like this would be so worth it.

If you ever explore abandoned mines like this, watch out for stagnant water. If it is stagnant, it can absorb toxic gases released by mining of some types of minerals. when you step in that water, or disturb it, it will un-trap those toxic gases and release them into the tunnel. Worst thing about this is that you won't know for sure if you released/inhaled those toxic gases until you start getting symptoms. Luckily in your case most of the mine water was flowing somewhere, which means there is less chance for gases to get trapped. Just watch out for those puddles that aren't moving whatsoever. Also, absolutely do not under any circumstance swim in the cave water. You and your buddies are extremely brave to do something like this, It's honestly really impressive.

I love shieys content and usually he seems safe and knows what hes doing. This is the first time ive ever thought he is being recklass, careless and stupid. Abandoned mines and caves are not something to play silly with.

What is incredible is those ladders are still _climbable_ after all those years of water dripping on them 😮

I have never commented on this Channels content before.. But after watching 3 minutes of this video I had to express my concern..My uncle is a retired coal miner that worked 4 miles underground for 35 yrs..He was just beginning to think about his retirement when one afternoon a wall that was secured by the safety guidelines of ACMA came crashing down on top of him..When they finally dug him out and he was airlifted to the closest hospital he was rushed into surgery.. Let's just say he is lucky to be alive because the surgeon told my aunt that the edge of the wall missed his heart by only 2 centimeters ..It took him a good 6 months of healing and therapy to be able to return to work..He had been back.on the job for 3 weeks when another accident happened this time he lost over half of his ring finger . That was it for him and he put in for his retirement..I am not here judging anyone but I literally got chill bumps watching all of you climbing around in a mine that is unstable and should never have ppl crawling or climbing around in .I know this will either be laughed at or ignored probably both due to the age group that follows this RU-vidr..This is scary stuff and hopefully it will not be attempted again..I am not attacking or putting anybody down what I have shared is done out of concern.. Let's just say I could share many stories about mines due to growing up in a mining town.. However,I decided not to and I will leave like this .Take care and be blessed..

Shiey, im telling you this as someone who has watched you since you made this channel. I come from a long line of coal miners, we've been in it since it was done. I was also born and raised and live in west Virginia. One of the places which host some of the worst disasters in mining history. My great great grandfather lost his arm, his leg, and an eye in a collapse and narrowly survived after days, my great granfather lost 3 inches of bone in his left leg due to beinh crushed and was stuck in a mine for a month with letters of condolence already being sent out, my other great great grandfather died in the 1964 pond gap mining disaster with my uncle (one of his sons) and my current grandfather survived the upper big branch mine disaster. These places are dangerous and lethal. Gas ranging from CO, methane, H2s, can all be present. A lack of oxygen can exist in these places, explosive coal dust can remain is some cases, and they are unkept and havent been maintained for decades. You stay out of these places or YOU WILL DIE. Don't let complacency be the writer of your fate.

Love how calm you are. In so many scenarios the ability to remain calm and not panic can save your life as well as others.

There aren't many youtuber that can always upload thrilling content, but shiey does it somehow, love his content (also goddamn caving looks dangerous)

This is so insanely dangerous, glad everyone's safe

Watching this one, started getting paranoid, then realized I would'nt be watching this if it ended bad.Stay safe brother.

Unbelievable. Not a single cave spider spawner.

One day you are going to record the coolest adventure that we will never see. Just keep that in mind.

I suppose it was inevitable, but stay smart, Shiey. Spelunking is no joke in terms of danger levels.

This is one of those videos that gives anxiety. An ever narrowing tunnel that appears to have no end. Rusty, brittle ladders threatening to either give way at any moment or give you tetanus. A companion that scarpers and leaves you wondering if he fell down a hole to his death, wandered off down one of the off shoots, or just decided to abandon you in the depths of a dangerous cave system.

Out of all your videos, this is the only one I couldn't watch all the way through. Those mines are so dangerous and I've come to regard you as a friend I've never met. I don't want to lose you for the sake of making a cool video. Please be safe Bro.

Might honestly be the most suicidal mission yet.

As someone who's lost friends to the mining accidents, I'm not digging this one too much. Very dangerous to go into collapsed mines without first letting other people knowing where you are--especially in unsafe conditions like collapsed mines, and flooded mines. I did a lot of caving in my youth, and we had lots of close calls doing stuff like this. Adventure and exploration is cool, but please, oh please, use your heads a little. You're lucky that you didn't have a tragedy take place. I have confidence that Shiey has experience, wisdom and common sense, but Matt taking off on his own in an unfamiliar, dangerous place like this is really not too bright. Excitement or not, you have to show more common sense, Matt. You gotta think of your friends as well. It's important to stick together. Before going into any cave or mine, you also need to be damn sure you have good lights, back-up lights, and extra batteries and bulbs. Impromptu situations like this can end up disastrous. You guys are so, so lucky. We all make mistakes, but please learn from this one. I know that a big thrill of these adventures is living on the edge. Been there, done that. Just use your heads, and work together to stay as safe as you can, guys.

Ill be honest, I never want to go anywhere with Matt. Dude would leave you to die in a heartbeat cause he’d be off in his own world

It's mindblowing to think that someone has actually carried and installed all those ladders and pipes inside the narrow tunnels. That must have been really tough work.

not to be a downer, but personally i think these videos are most enjoyable when they strike a balance between risk and precaution. this just felt like a complete hazard. not in the typical ‘cool exploration’ way i’m used to on this channel. the ignorance was just frustrating. an abandoned mine is a death trap. you’ve got unstable structures, dangerous gases, and weather conditions adding to the mix. get your hands on an o2 monitor or something as a bare minimum. it could be a literal lifesaver. as for your exploration buddy… i’m sure he’s a great guy who got caught up in adrenaline but in this particular situation, running off is not just a minor inconvenience; it's a legitimate safety concern. i love your content and how much you enjoy doing what you do, but please remember safety should always be a priority. we don’t want to see you die for something as stupid as poor planning which could’ve been easily avoided

Love you Shiey, you have always been my favorite guy here

Ok, CO/O2 meter(s) are essential. In addition you may - at least - wanna remember: 1. If there is stagnant water DO NOT disturb it. 2. If your voice sounds muted rather than echoey, DO NOT proceed. That means the rock is more likely to be weak (like it's powdered up). 3. ALWAYS ensure there's emergency backup. Like: you don't get out of this place in a few hours, someone gets someone out to find you. No kidding, man. I know you do sketchy stuff, but old mines are next-level dangerous; it's your life, but: these kinds of places kill people real easy...

I love your content and your willingness to take risks Shiey, but at this point it feels like you're just rolling the dice with luck. I guess every member of this group has done some crazy things and got away with them, but that does lead to a false sense of invincibility, which is a very dangerous thing. I promise I don't mean anything negative towards your content or anyone in your group, but I genuinely worry that one day the luck is going to run out. Stay safe guys, and keep those risks calculated. Best wishes.

This is so dangerous. Professional miners would cringe at this stuff. They know how many ways this could go real bad real fast. Life underground becomes death underground so suddenly.

Yeah, that's a little sketchy running off away from the group, glad no one ended up hurt or lost. Great video nonetheless, keep up the good work bro.

Matt did the worst thing you could do in those two situations, he was an idiot for doing that.

There are some moments in your videos where I get a bit thrilled just watching, but this freaked me out a bit. That was genuinely dangerous. Amazing content though!

This is so sick. Shiey is yet the best Urban Explorer on RU-vid ❤

Very cool! Matt, you need to play by the rules and not run off...your brothas were worried!

Awesome. I've seen some other RU-vidrs videos checking out that site, but no one pushed the limit like you. Your videos are insane. It is worth waiting every single day until you release a new one. Matt's behavior in the mine was somehow uncool. I don't want that this lost place thing gets more public attention as it already has. Especially in Europe. Seriously injured or even dead explorers wouldn't help. Stay save my friend!

Glad things ended up okay but going into old mines, especially abandoned ones, it really risky. Among obvious things, like collapses and air quality, standing water can contain extremely dangerous gases that get released when disturbed.

Separating in mines is the worst, should keep within sight of each other, even sound doesn't travel far in most mine environments.

All mines are scary stuff, the toxic gasses alone would be terrifying enough never to enter.

Look forward to every video! Safe travels and safe adventures, brother!

Every new shiey upload I instantly stop what I'm doing to watch it. Amazing work!

wow its insane that he rushed ahead like that and everything worked out. Super lucky

Just want to say, good job remaining calm and keeping together after having one go missing. This could've gone a lot worse. In future take a rucksack of chemlights, crack one and drop it to make a trail back. People get turned around in caves easily and staying calm is never a given.

I swear one day shiey will just find an ancient beast hidden in some abandoned place or like a cave

Extremely dangerous in so many different ways.

You guys always choose or get the perfect weather for these kind of adventures.

The only time I've been this nervous watching Shiey was when he went through the bunker ventilation tube that had a baffle in the middle. Love this channel, but don't risk your life for us. Same goes for Matt!

Glad to see you alive man❤❤

beyond the major scary vibes of getting stuck in the labyrinth of mines goddamn that place is pretty with the bright red buildings and pipes in the vibrant green forest... cool shit.

Watching this was giving me anxiety. Glad everything worked out and it was a chill adventure.

Shiey when faced with a hostile environment and impossible odds: "I'm a bit out of my element".

2:15 "it's gonna get a bit more moist, by the meter" do you mean the moist meter ? WOOO YEAH BABYYYY

This is certainly a change from train surfing 🤣I love it, and I love you too shiey ❤ Stay safe my bro!

Took a massive risk with this one boys. I recommend everyone watches the movie 13 lives. It tells the true story about a bunch of kids getting stuck in a cave in Thailand during a monsoon. The rain from the mountain poured straight into the cave and trapped them for weeks.

Es un buen dia cuando hay nuevo video de shiey ❤

The old Torgola fluorite mine

18:22 my favourite part, could be turned into a meme :D

I love how you call them missions, gives them a special feel

You know now that Matt don't have your back anymore.

Two of my favorite things, Shiey and abandoned mines.

Can you imagine being in that crew and saying, "I dunno, we should go back"? lol

Dude I I really appreciate your leadership and concern for safety in this video. Literally my favourite man thanks sheiy

recently rediscovered your channel and ive been watching alot of old vids, i love the Chernobyl videos, they are amazing

I might be wrong but i think he zoomed in and zoomed out a couple of times and i just love how the shots looked like this way. Great work!

Some good signs with the mine though - flowing water, not stagnant. Carries air with it with a likelihood of an opening somewhere pushing fresh air into the mine.

always one mf like matt just disappearing and then it becomes a rescue mission

I cant stand when friends either dont know the area and take off or do know the area and take off cause they know it. I go snowmobiling a lot and my state has endless trails and i ride with this kid and he does not like to stop on splits and stuff. the kid did not stop on a split once and we were at least 5 hours from the hotel and no service and lost him for 3 hours. i went back to the split and stayed there luckily he came back eventually. FYI its was like 11pm when we split up and were riding since 7am. that ruined the night for me anyway and i was tired and cold already. he just has a insane fast snowmobile and he goes full throttle the entire time which is fine just stop at splits and stuff and wait for friends.

5 seconds in, a guy points at a thing. he says "we need to get up this thing". I'm then completely hooked and invested in this video. Such great work shared with us. thanks for this.

3:27 bro is trusting that old rusty ahhh ladder with his life 💀💀💀💀😭😭

Awesome content 👏 That walking bridges were pretty cool. Been a member strongly encourage people to be as well. 2 years 9 months and 10 days ❤

Next Shiey will explore an abandoned Soviet launch pad, accidentally activate a space ship, steer it to Neptune where he will explore the cavernous icy depths of the deepest crevices of Neptune for all of us to type here how amazing our lives aren’t. He will be fine. Respect.

man i would love to just wander around random places with these dudes

Man, you was near me here. I was in this mine but never into the tunnels, too dangerous! The last structure was a mine converted in an adventure park for kids and mine museum, not abandoned!

bro was like i feel a draft then proceeds to preform a disappearing act

thanks Shiey, got worried a few times just watching you going deep into the unknown, Matt should have slowed down for safety's sake, thanks lads

Being in an abandoned mine is dangerous, and It seems like two of the guys knew those risks going in. But Matt put an exponent on the danger factor here.

There are a number of comments on here that are wildly overstating the dangers of gases and bad air... The safety courses that miners are required to take and safety awareness campaigns for the general public skew the perceptions of people that don't have the real world experience in abandoned mines to understand what the actual dangers are. That's understandable as many people don't regularly go into abandoned mines, but it prevents them from being aware of their own ignorant repetition of false information. For context, I am an underground miner and have explored just under 1,000 abandoned mines around the world. Haha, and every time I go out with one of my crews, there's always fucking someone like Matt running off on their own that we then have to worry about.

I love mine exploration, so this one is probably my favorite video of yours. Stay safe out there!

Your boy Matt literaly LOOKS like the type of guy to do that idk how to explain it like he would be cast for that role 🤣❤️

Only one time did the mine start collapsing on me and the bro. All it took was our body weight placed on the wrong log and all of a sudden we found ourselves in the middle of a pile of logs with some of them dropping out from under our feet and others swinging around threatening to fling us so we both just jumped into the mine and were able to luckily find an equally sketchy exit but this one did not collapse

Once again, experiencing more heart pounding adrenaline than most action/horror films watching your videos. Previous masterpiece was hiking the Tatra Mountain Valley Peaks where falling was a constant threat.

Shiey, you're the best explorer out there, dont stop making this awesome content and dont forget to be safe!!

i really apprechiate that u ask your homies if they are good repeatedly. its important that you care about each other.

something about the coldness, darkness and rusty manmade abandoned ambient combined with moisture and water consantly falling down making echoing throguht the tunnels with the sounds of drops against the rocks and metal is actually pretty damn relaxing

i really enjoyed that mine exploration video :) it was pretty fun doing math along with you guys. i love how both of them rushed to catch you without any hesitation. i am so accustomed to see you climbing some weird stuff that seeing you on the things that are specifically made to do that (like the climbing wall) feels almost.. a bit odd? ^^

For everyone reading and watching. A lot of things he does are crazy. But Camping < Urbexing < Train surfing < Cave/mine exploration. Trains are already crazy but going into unnown caves is just insane and there are more than enough examples of horrendous stories. At least the trains or the electricity kill you instantly. The worst part in a cave is suffering of hunger and dehydration for days while you are stuck or in a weird position. Or just dying slowly due to oxygen etc.

For anyone wondering, 7:20 is when Matt took off like all the comments are talking about.

this vibes like no others kind of adventure ! rainy forest deep cave

The crazy shit they built back in those days. Damn. Imagine hauling a fuckton of steel ladders into those tiny shafts and securing them and all that... mental :D

Shiey, your videos are always awesome, Love your content, love what you do, hope you continue

You need to talk with Matt about his... interesting... tendencies, idk if he was making a video on his own but if i was out with someone exploring something as dangerous as a mine and they abandoned the group/me like that, id give them a VERY stern talking to. Youre very experienced [Well, probably not in exploring mines specifically lmao, but in general] and that gives you a sort of responsibility unfortunately when it comes to exploring with other people to make sure they dont mess up, and if they do that they dont do it again.

This one is probably a former gold mine considering the topography area and the color of the walls around the tunnel

This reminds me of Mine Craft, exploring tunnels. Glad you got out of the rain

shiey is like a scalpel, matt is like a jackhammer

Shiey never disappoints love your videos brother.

Out of all your adventures this one kept me on the edge of my seat. Got some balls sir. I was seriously worried you might get lost or something bad happening. Well done great video

12:30 - you popped out in Murfree Country from RDR2 13:54 - ruins of Annesburg mine from RDR2 17:46 - looks like something out of TLOU2

I love mine exploration. this is the first i watched with you and enjoyed it thoroughly, maybe if you could let us know what sort of mine you are exploring in future explores, that would be cool.

We all know a matt that we no longer adventure with. Also what country?

Dang Matt giving everyone a heart attack

That thin tunnel upwards is called a vent rise and provides airflow to the workings. They double as escapeways, allowing people to exit the mine should the main exit be blocked.

Always love some tunnels! Found some amazing locations.

Nice video! I also was at the second mine like 2 years before, so it was very nice to see it again through your eyes! 👍🏽

my opinion is that matt climbing all the way up to the top, was just the part of the script, just to engage us travel enthusiasts, but even if it wasn't the part of the script i had my heart to my mouth when he was not responding 😱😱

def wouldn’t share a cab with matt, much less travel/explore with him.